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Posted June 27, 2008 at 09:42 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Track & Field, Special Features
Get the 2008 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox!
Why Does Everyone Hate The Beijing Olympics? Part Two
Posted May 1, 2008 at 01:07 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Doping, Culture/History, Human Interest, Socio-Political, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor, Special Features, Columns/Blogs
Now if you thought the Sunday New York Times’ front page article “Witness in Track Doping Case Is Ready to Name…
Kenya Selects Lel, Wanjiru… Cheruiyot?
Posted April 24, 2008 at 07:14 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Jimmie Markham, Special Features, SoundOFF
Okay, Athetics Kenya, let’s select that Dream Team for the Olympic Marathon this summer in Beijing, China, the team that can finally break that gold-medal goose-egg statistic and divert the world’s attention away from our horrible political situation back home. With Haile Gebrselassie…
USOC Displays Bad Form At Media Summit
Posted April 18, 2008 at 09:30 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Jimmie Markham, Special Features, SoundOFF
I spotted an interview titled “U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit Press Conference” that featured Brian Clay, Walter Davis, Lashinda Demus, Allyson Felix, Reese Hoffa, Carmelita Jeter, LaShawn Merritt and Terrence Trammell and it left me scratching my head for a minute. Since…
President and prospective nominees take stands on boycott (well, some of them, anyway…)
Posted April 16, 2008 at 09:45 AM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Culture/History, Socio-Political, Featured Writers, Os Davis, Special Features, SoundOFF
This week: Clinton wants a boycott, Obama kinda sorta does, McCain might, and Bush ... ah, he wouldn’t tell you anyway.
Enter the Villain
Posted March 31, 2008 at 08:04 AM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing Results, Culture/History, Events, Aquatics, Special Features, Columns/Blogs, Quote of the Day, Videos, Michael Sedor
My personal Olympics villain has emerged. It’s a multi-headed animal full of America-disparaging quotes and replete with shady performance-enhancing rumors. They’re cocky, they…
Quote of the Day: 12/02/07
Posted December 2, 2007 at 07:00 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Events, Other, Special Features, Quote of the Day
“Champions aren´t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.”
- Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Light Heavyweight Gold Medalist, 1960 Olympic Games in Rome
Quote of the Day: 12/01/07
Posted December 1, 2007 at 07:00 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Special Features, Quote of the Day
“The swimming and diving were held in part of the old moat ... it was the clammiest, darkest place and the water was frigid. It looked bootomless and black”
- Alice Landon, American Diver, on facilities at the Antwerp Games of 1920
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